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Phoebe Sutherland rushed last week to capture a stray dog that nipped an elder in her community of Moose Cree First Nation. It was the latest instance of issues springing from a growing population of dogs on the island at the southern tip of James Bay after veterinary services that …
Read More »Extreme winter weather, addictions, homelessness adding pressure to front-line resources: WFPS – Winnipeg
Steven Antle slides and steps his way down uneven terrain into a riverside homeless encampment, his boots crunching their way through the snow. “Good morning, sir. How we doing?” he calls out. It’s so cold Antle’s breath hangs in the air. The site sits largely empty, aside from two men …
Read More »Toronto mayor to ramp up pressure for mental health supports after TTC killing
In the wake of last Friday’s deadly stabbing, which took the life of 31-year-old Vanessa Kurpiewaska, Toronto’s mayor has been making increasingly public calls on the federal and provincial governments to invest more in mental health and addiction supports for both those suffering and people concerned about public safety. Standing …
Read More »Ornge sees rise in child patient transfers as pediatric hospitals under pressure
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 29, 2022 3:54 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s air ambulance service says it’s seeing an increase in the number of children it transports, with a higher number of those transfers due to respiratory illnesses. Ornge says that increase …
Read More »Canada’s ERs are under intense pressure — and winter is coming
Hospital emergency departments are jammed up in much of the country even before the traditional flu season begins, raising concerns about the winter months ahead. In Montreal, for instance, ERs hovered at about 150 per cent capacity for much of the past week — and some surpassed 200 per cent. Dr. Judy …
Read More »Six months after invading Ukraine, Russia itself is feeling the pressure
For a whole host of reasons, anniversaries can be painful moments. According to the (mistaken) conventional wisdom of the wider world, Aug. 24 is the sixth-month anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The war, with all its horror, has been truly and genuinely in our faces for only the past half-year — and not …
Read More »2nd RCMP staffer suggests commissioner under political pressure after N.S. mass shooting
The former head of communications for the Nova Scotia RCMP said it was “appalling” to hear the commissioner of the Mounties bring up federal political pressures in a meeting days following the mass shooting. New documents released Tuesday by the inquiry into the massacre on April 18-19, 2020, have accounts …
Read More »Trump pressure campaigns in battleground states to be outlined at today’s Jan. 6 hearing
The House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol and claims of electoral fraud is set to hear Tuesday from elected officials and volunteer workers from battleground states about the effects of a pressure campaign from Donald Trump and his allies to change the results of the 2020 election. …
Read More »Pence pressure campaign from Trump the focus at Jan. 6 committee today
You can watch the hearing live here on CBCNews.ca on Thursday afternoon The Jan. 6 congressional committee is set Thursday afternoon to plunge into Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to salvage the 2020 election by pressuring his vice-president Mike Pence to reject the electoral count — a highly unusual and potentially …
Read More »Boris Johnson faces continued pressure to step down despite no-confidence vote win
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to patch up his tattered authority on Tuesday after surviving a no-confidence vote that laid bare deep divisions in his Conservative Party and raised serious doubts about how long he can stay in office. Under party rules, Johnson is now free from another challenge for …
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